IT201800007975A1 - CLADDING PANEL AND FIXING SYSTEM INCLUDING THIS PANEL, FIXING PROCEDURE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE. - Google Patents

Description

CLADDING PANEL AND FIXING SYSTEM INCLUDING THIS PANEL, FIXING PROCEDURE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE

Field of the invention

[1] The present invention relates to a cladding panel for cladding, for example, parts of pre-existing buildings or creating new ones, such as partitions, a fastening system for electrical and electronic equipment that uses this panel, an electrical or electronic device suitable for be attached to such a trim panel and a method for attaching electrical or electronic equipment to such panels.

With these cladding panels and this fixing system it is possible to fix in a reversible way, for example to walls or ceilings, electrical or electronic devices, powering them with greater freedom and safety than the current fixing and energy transfer systems.

State of the art

[2] From publication W02018 / 025230A1 a lighting system is currently known comprising one or more spotlights capable of moving autonomously on plasterboard panels that cover, for example, the walls or ceiling of a room.

[3] These spotlights adhere to the plasterboard panels thanks to the attraction between magnets, mounted on the self-propelled spotlights, and to one or more layers of ferromagnetic material contained in the plasterboard panels.

[4] The plasterboard cladding panels described in document W02018 / 025230A1 can be equipped with inductive wireless charger (inductive wireless charger in Anglo-Saxon technical jargon) hidden inside or behind the cladding panels themselves, allowing you to recharge or power the self-propelled spotlights, simply magnetically fixed to the walls covered by said panels.

[5] It is thus possible to create rooms equipped with many completely invisible recharging points, with a very elegant, minimalist and essential aesthetic; albeit very rich in services and comforts.

[6] Being completely hidden in plasterboard panels, electrical power supplies are also completely unreachable, for example by children, and therefore much safer than traditional electrical sockets with visible holes.

[7] However, it is necessary to indicate the position of the various power supplies, to allow users to magnetically fix the various devices to be powered in the correct point of a wall.

[8] Simply indicating with colors or signs (drawn or painted on the laid and finished panels, or printed on adhesives in turn stuck on the laid and finished panels) the areas of the panels, sufficiently close to the windings of the inductors, is a very little solution practical because it presupposes knowing the position of the power supplies hidden in the finished wall.

[9] In any case, this first solution would not allow to find the recharging points in the dark, in portions of the wall in dim light or cluttered with other images; moreover, it does not allow to indicate to the end user if the power supply is actually working, out of order or even simply not powered.

[10] One of the purposes of the present invention is therefore to improve the cladding panels described in the document W02018 / 025230A1 allowing an end user to more easily find the areas of a panel, of a room, of another room or structure covered with panels, where there are points of electrical power supply or in any case of wireless power transfer.

Summary of the invention

[11] This object is achieved, in a first aspect of the present invention, with a covering panel having the characteristics according to claim 1.

[12] In a second aspect the invention relates to a fastening system having the characteristics according to claim 11.

[13] In a third aspect of the invention, this object is achieved with a process having the characteristics according to claim 16.

[14] In a fourth aspect thereof, the present invention relates to an electric or electronic device having the characteristics according to claim 13.

[15] In a panel, according to a particular embodiment, the insert in which a nut screw (68) is made is driven or screwed into at least one or more structural layers (52, 53, 56) and / or through the layer ferromagnetic (54, 54 ').

[16] In a panel, according to a particular embodiment, the light source (62) comprises a light emitting diode.

[17] In a panel, according to a particular embodiment, the protective screen (64) forms a threaded pin and at least one end arranged at or near the front major face (5100) of the panel (51) itself.

[18] On this end there is a notch designed to engage with the tip of a screwdriver, for example with flat blade, cross or Allen screw, allowing to screw and unscrew the protective screen (64).

[19] In a panel, according to a particular embodiment, the ferromagnetic layer (54) comprises a sheet of metal having an average or nominal thickness, equal to or greater than 0.1 mm, and preferably between 0.2-1 mm .

[20] In a particular embodiment of this fixing system, the electrical or electronic device, or other electrical load devices 10A to be fixed to one or more covering panels (51), is provided with its own power supply unit (205 ) arranged to be powered by a wireless power supply station (57), inside the panel, for example of the inductive or capacitive type.

[21] Further characteristics of the invention are the subject of the dependent claims.

[22] The advantages achievable with the present invention will be more evident to the skilled in the art from the following detailed description of some particular non-limiting examples of embodiment, illustrated with reference to the following schematic figures.

List of Figures

Figure 1 shows a perspective view of the front major face of a cladding panel, according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 2 shows a cross section of the panel of Figure 1;

Figure 3 shows a perspective view, partially in section, of the power supply of the panel of Figure 1;

Figure 4 shows a perspective view of the rear major face of the panel of Figure 1;

Figure 5 shows an exploded perspective view of the rear major face of the panel of Figure 1;

Figure 6 shows a perspective view of the rear major face of a cladding panel, according to a second embodiment of the invention;

Figure 7 shows an exploded perspective view of the rear major face of the panel of Figure 6;

Figure 8 shows a perspective view of the major front face of the panel of Figure 6;

Figure 9 shows an exploded perspective view of the signaling light of the panel of Figure 6;

Figure 10 shows a perspective view of the front face of a first example of a fixing support suitable for fixing electric or electronic devices to be powered, to a panel of Figure 1 or 6;

Figure 11 shows a perspective view of the front face of the fixing support, with an example of anchoring through threaded holes, of Figure 10;

Figure 12 shows an exploded perspective view of an electric or electronic device, specifically a lamp, suitable for fixing itself and receiving energy from the panel of Figure 1 or 6.

Detailed description

[23] Figures 1-5 relate to a building cladding panel, according to a particular embodiment of the invention, indicated with the overall reference 51.

[24] Panel 51 can be used for example to cover masonry walls or ceilings in buildings, construct walls, ceilings, false ceilings, partitions with internal metal frames, sets, exhibition stands or shop windows.

[25] As for example shown in Figure 1, the panel 51 can have the overall shape of a flat, even non-planar plate, for example rectangular or square.

[26] Its outer surface forms an anterior major face 5100 and a posterior major face 5102.

[27] Panel 51 includes:

-a ferromagnetic layer 54 containing ferromagnetic material;

-one or more structural layers 52, 53, 56;

- a signaling light 60 which is visible, at least when it is switched on, by observing from the outside the major front face 5100 of the panel 51.

[28] The major front face 5100 is designed to face the observers and / or to overlook the room or other environment whose walls or ceilings are covered with or formed by one or more panels 51.

[29] The rear major face is designed to be hidden from observers, possibly without facing the room or other environment whose walls or ceilings are covered with or formed by one or more panels 51.

[30] If the panel 51 covers the pre-existing masonry walls of a room, its rear major face faces the masonry walls; if, on the other hand, the panel 51 is part of a partition with a metal frame, its rear major face is turned towards the interior of the partition.

[31] At least a first structural layer can be a layer of wood, paper, cardboard 52, 56 or other derivatives of wood or cellulose, ceramic materials, glass, plastics such as layers of sound-absorbing foam materials, terracotta, other materials porous sound absorbers such as glass wool or rock wool panels.

[32] In particular, the first structural layer can be made up of solid wood planks and planks or plywood or chipboard.

[33] If based on paper, cardboard or other cellulose derivatives, the first structural layer has a thickness preferably equal to or greater than 0.1 mm, more preferably equal to or greater than 0.2 mm and possibly equal to or greater than 0 , 5 millimeters.

[34] The panel 51 can also be provided with two or more structural layers, at least one of which can be for example a layer of gypsum or gypsum-based material 53, where in the present description, for "material Y based on the substance X "means a material having a content by weight of at least 50% of substance X, where the percentage refers to the total weight of the material Y.

[35] In particular, the panel 51 can comprise at least a first structural layer based on cardboard and another structural layer based on gypsum coupled to the first.

[36] Advantageously, the various structural layers are glued, welded or otherwise fixed together on their major faces so as to be more rigid at least in bending.

[37] Each structural layer can be, for example, substantially continuous and devoid of holes or other through openings, or perforated or formed by a plurality of blocks or tiles separated from each other by voids.

[38] As in the embodiment of Figure 2, the panel 51 can comprise in order, starting from the front major face or the rear front face, a first structural layer in paper or cardboard 52, a second structural layer 53 in plaster, a third structural layer 56 and a ferromagnetic layer 54.

[39] The latter forms one of the major faces 5100, 5102 of panel 51.

[40] The ferromagnetic layer 54 can be, for example, glued or screwed to the underlying structural layers 52, 53, 56.

[41] Advantageously, when it forms one of the major external faces 5100, 5102 of the panel 51, the ferromagnetic layer 54 is formed or comprises a perforated metal sheet, for example a grid, so as to more easily retain any plaster (Figure 7, 8, 9) or a sheet, even solid, which already constitutes the major front face 5100, with aesthetic characteristics.

[42] The ferromagnetic layer 54 preferably comprises a sheet of metal plate which can extend over all or part (Figures 5, 7-9) of the plan of the panel 51, over all or part of the plan of a structural layer 52, 53 , 56.

[43] As in the embodiment of Figures 1, 3, 4, 5, the ferromagnetic layer 54 can form part of the rear major face of the panel 51.

[44] In this case the ferromagnetic layer 54 can be advantageously inserted in a recess 5104 obtained on the rear major face 5102 of the panel 51, so that, for example, the layer 54 is flush or at a lower level than the rest of the larger rear face 5102 of panel 51.

[45] In an embodiment not shown, the ferromagnetic layer 54 can form the entire rear major face of the panel 51.

[46] Preferably the ferromagnetic layer 54, 54 'can optionally be less rigid and / or resistant, at least to bending, with respect to the first 52, 53, 56 and / or the possible second structural layer 53, and / or the assembly of all the structural layers coupled together.

[47] Preferably, observing the major front face 5100 of the panel 51, the signaling light 60 comprises:

-a light source 62 arranged inside or behind the first structural layer 52, 53, 56 and / or the ferromagnetic layer 54;

-a substantially transparent or translucent protective screen 64 which covers the light source 62 and allows the light emitted by said light source 62 to be seen or glimpsed.

[48] Advantageously, the light source comprises one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs).

[49] As for example in the embodiment of Figure 3, the protective shield 64 may extend at least in part through the first structural layer 52, 53, 56 closest to the front major face 5100 and / or through the ferromagnetic layer 54.

[50] The protective shield 64 may extend, for example, along a through hole or other through opening 66.

[51] In this case it passes through the panel 51, either through its first structural layer 52, 53, 56 closest to the front major face 5100, or, more preferably, through at least a second structural layer 53, based on gypsum.

[52] As for example in the embodiment of Figure 3, the protective shield 64 can comprise, for example, a pin, smooth or threaded, or other more or less oblong insert driven by force or screwed at least in the first structural layer 52, 53, 56 closest to the front major face 5100 and / or through the ferromagnetic layer 54, and more preferably also at least in a second gypsum-based structural layer 53.

[53] For this purpose, as in the embodiments of Figure 3, 9, the panel 51 can comprise an insert with a nut screw 68 forced into at least the first structural layer 52, 53, 56 closest to the front major face 5100 and in a possible second structural layer 53 based on gypsum.

[54] The threaded pin, which forms the protective shield 64, can be screwed more or less deeply into the nut 68.

[55] The insert with nut 68 can be for example a square, hexagonal, polygonal or star nut; or a substantially cylindrical bush on whose external sides a ribbed processing is made or a plurality of ridges and grooves substantially parallel longitudinal to the axis of the internal thread of the insert 68 itself.

[56] In other embodiments not shown, the threaded pin that forms the protective shield 64 can be screwed directly into the wood, cardboard or other material derived from wood or cellulose that forms the first structural layer 52, 53, 56 closest to the front major face 5100.

[57] As in the embodiments of Figures 3, 9, the cross sections of the end of the protective shield 64, which face the outside of the panel 51, can have a diameter, a length or a width, for example, between 0 , 3-3 centimeters, more preferably between 0.5-2 centimeters and even more preferably between 0.5-1 centimeter.

[58] As shown for example in Figure 3, advantageously the light source 62 is arranged to emit light towards one end of the protective screen 64, this end is such as to allow a sufficient fraction of light to pass inside the protective screen 64 making it protrude from the other end of the screen 64 closest to or external to the major front face 5100 of the panel 51.

[59] In this way the light emitted by the light source 62 can be seen outside the panel 51.

[60] When the light source 62 is turned on, the surface of the screen 64 has a brightness preferably between 0.3-80 lux.

[61] Preferably the sheet metal forming the ferromagnetic layer 54 has an average thickness equal to or greater than 0.1 mm, more preferably equal to or greater than 0.2 mm, more preferably equal to or greater than 0.4 mm, plus preferably equal to or greater than 0.6 millimeters and possibly between 0.5-2 millimeters or 0.2-1 millimeters.

[62] This is to create a magnetic force strong enough to attach to the wall and also support a sufficient variety of 10A electrical load devices such as, for example, household appliances and other commonly used electrical or electronic devices having, for example, a weight equal to or less than 20 kg or equal to or less than 30 kg, 40 kg or 60 kg.

[63] In particular, the magnetic attraction force must preferably prevent the magnetically fixed objects from sliding along the panel itself, even if this is vertical.

[64] Advantageously, the ferromagnetic layer 54 is arranged at an average depth HMM from the greater face equal to or less than 13 millimeters, more preferably equal to or less than 10 millimeters and even more preferably equal to or less than 6 millimeters.

[65] This allows the ferromagnetic layer 54 to be sufficiently close to the magnets of devices or other objects to be fixed to the panel 51 such as, for example, the magnets 201 of the fixing support 200 (Figure 10, 11) in order to fix such objects with sufficient strength.

[66] As in the embodiment of Figures 6-9, the ferromagnetic layer 54 'can form part of the front major face 5100 of the panel 51', minimizing the distance between the ferromagnetic layer 54 'and the permanent magnets 201 of the load devices electric 10A fixed to it. This maximizes the magnetic attraction and fixing force of the 10A devices and allows the use of less powerful magnets, therefore less likely to cause accidents.

[67] In this case the ferromagnetic layer 54 'can be advantageously inserted in a recess 5106 obtained on the front major face 5100 of the panel 51', for example, so that the layer 54 'is flush with the rest of the front major face 5106 of the panel 51 'or more internal with respect to the major front face 5100, to facilitate the subsequent grouting of the slab even more.

[68] Preferably the ferromagnetic layer 54 'does not substantially overlap the inductor 57C but, as for example shown in Figures 5, 7, 8, 9, it can be substantially flanked thereto.

[69] For this purpose, the shallow depth 5106 has advantageously annular shape (Figures 7, 8, 9) and, near its center, forms a relief from the preferably flat top 5108, or preferably at the same level as the front major face 5100 which, as a centering device, it allows to accurately position the central opening of the ferromagnetic layer 54 'with respect to the inductor 57C.

[70] Advantageously the panel 51 'is provided with a plate or other reinforcing structure 58 fixed to at least a part or preferably to all the structural layers 52, 53, 56 of the panel 51', for example by means of screws or nails 61 (Figure 7).

[71] Advantageously, the reinforcement structure 58 is also fixed to the ferromagnetic layer 54 'located on the other major front face 5100 of the panel 51', for example for example by means of screws or nails 61 (Figure 7).

[72] The reinforcement structure 58 reduces the risk that if overloaded, for example because a television or other relatively heavy household appliance is magnetically attached to it, the ferromagnetic layer 54 'detaches from the rest of the panel 51'.

[73] In addition, the reinforcement structure 58 benefits the grouting operations, to hide the panel 54 'and make the surface of the major front face 5100 of the panel 51' uniform, leaving the panel 54 'adhered to the base 5106.

[74] In an embodiment not shown, the ferromagnetic layer 54 'can form the entire front major face of the panel 51.

[75] Advantageously the panel 51 is provided with one or more wireless or wireless power stations 57 (Figure 3-7).

[76] Wireless power supply means, in this description, the transfer of electrical energy from an electrical power supply to an electrical load without resorting to conductive cables and with an efficiency, understood as the ratio between the electrical power received by the electrical load and that transmitted by the power supply, equal to or greater than 30%, more preferably equal to or greater than 40%, more preferably equal to or greater than 70% and even more preferably equal to or greater than 90%.

[77] Each Wireless Power Station 57 includes:

- a 57A power supply designed, for example, to transform the alternating current of the public network into direct current or alternating current at a frequency different from that of the public network;

- an inductor designed to transfer energy to an electrical load device 10A to be powered; the inductor, in this description, will also be referred to as the primary inductor assembly 57C;

preferably an electronic board 57B powered by the power supply 57A and which, in turn, powers the primary inductor assembly 57C.

[78] By electric load device 10A in the present description it is meant an electric or electronic device which must be powered or recharged.

[79] To be powered with a wireless power supply system, an electrical load device 10A is also provided with its own inductor designed to receive the electrical energy transmitted by the primary inductor assembly 57C.

[80] The inductor of the electrical load device 10A is also indicated, in this description, as a secondary inductor assembly 57E.

[81] As in the embodiments depicted, the primary inductor assemblies 57C are preferably arranged not to rotate or move with respect to the respective secondary inductor assemblies 57E while powering the latter.

[82] As for example in the embodiment of Figures 3, 5, 6 the electronic board 57B can be enclosed in and protected by a box or shell 59 located on the rear major face 5102, possibly protruding through a suitable opening made in the ferromagnetic layer 54, 58 and / or in the structural layers 52, 53, 56.

[83] The electronic card 57B or other electronic card of the panel 51 can comprise an antenna that allows, by means of NFC technology or other technologies, to identify a panel 51 between the control and command interfaces (for example a smartphone app) many or more specifically one feeding station 57 with respect to others.

[84] The power supply 57A may comprise, for example, a low or very low voltage transformer, which can be fixed, for example, with double-sided tape or screwed to a larger face 5100, 5102 of the panel 51, 54, 58.

[85] Any electronic board 57B can be set up for example to drive the current in the inductor 57C, to implement the QI protocol or other protocols for wireless power transfer and / or to transmit and receive signals over the air for example via WiFi protocol, ZigBee, Bluetooth, NFC.

[86] This data transceiver over the air - for example WiFi, ZigBee, Bluetooth - allows you to activate, deactivate and more generally control the various functions remotely, for example the power supply 57 and the light 62, for example via a computer , mobile phone or remote smartphone; in the latter case an appropriate control app can be loaded on the smartphone.

[87] As shown for example in Figure 3, the primary inductor assembly 57C may comprise a winding comprising one or more electrical conductors wound to form one or more substantially flat spirals, preferably fixed on a ferrite sheet 57D.

[88] For this purpose the inductor 57C is preferably arranged at an average depth HIN from the surface of the front major face 5100, preferably equal to or less than 25 millimeters, more preferably equal to or less than 12 millimeters, more preferably equal to or less than 2 millimeters and even more preferably equal to or less than 1 millimeter (Figure 3), so as to bring it close enough to the user device to be powered.

[89] Again for this purpose, on the rear major face 5102 of the panel 51 there is advantageously obtained a corresponding shallow depth 69 having an average or maximum depth equal to HIN.

[90] The shallow depth 69 can be, for example, made by milling one or more structural layers 52,53,56.

[91] Advantageously the LED, or other light source 62 is fixed on the ferrite 57D or on the electronic board 57B and is preferably arranged at or near the center of the primary inductor assembly 57C (Figure 3), so as to allow a user to easily and without error find the position of the wireless power station and, more specifically, the position of the primary inductor assembly 57C, even though this is hidden in the panel 51 and invisible from the outside.

[92] Advantageously, the signaling light 60 is arranged at or near one of the wireless power stations 57, for example at or near its possible inductor 57C or capacitive armature so as to allow a user to find easily the position of the feeding station 57 even though it is hidden in or behind the covering panel 51, 51 '.

[93] By "arranged at or near one of the wireless power stations 57" it is meant that the signaling light 60 is in such a position that by superimposing the electric load device 10A the power station 57 is able to recharge it with an efficiency equal to or greater than 30%.

[94] Advantageously the panel 51 has a length L comprised between 1-2 meters and, for example, equal to about 1.2 meters (Figure 1).

[95] The panel 51 can have a length L and / or a width W ranging for example between 0.5-4 meters, between 0.5-3 meters, between 0.5-2 meters or between 0.4-1 , 5 meters.

[96] Advantageously the panel 51 has a width W comprised between 1-2 meters, more preferably comprised between 0.4-0.8 meters and even more preferably approximately equal to 0.5 meters.

[97] These dimensions allow to produce on an industrial scale prefabricated panels 51 equipped with signaling light 62 and wireless power supply 57 which are particularly handy, easy to lay and adapt to other panels of the most common and economical formats.

[98] A possible example of use and operation of panel 51 is now described.

[99] The installer of the plasterboard walls or ceiling or the electrician can buy the panels 51 for example already complete with the wireless power supply station (s) 57 and in particular with the signaling light 60.

[100] Once the power supply 57A has been connected to the external network, or the electronic card 57B to the power supply 57A, or the electronic card 57B directly to the home or local network, if this is already at the correct direct voltage, the installer or electrician mounts the panels on a suitable support structure, such as a pre-existing masonry wall or ceiling or a support frame, of a known type.

[101] The panel or panels 51 are grouted by adjusting the protective screen 64 with a screwdriver so as to keep it flush with the finished surface of the larger visible face 5100.

[102] Depending on the different desired aesthetic effects, you can cover the outer end of the protective screen 64 with a light layer of grouting or leave it free of grout, allowing it to be adjusted, removed and replaced if necessary.

[103] In turn, the painting may or may not be applied to the outer end of the protective screen 64.

[104] The panel 51 therefore constitutes a modular component that can be easily industrialized and suitable for mass production to create cladding for buildings or the construction of new parts.

[105] The LED or other light source 62 can advantageously be always switched on and visible from inside the room, or other environment covered with panels 51, through the protective screen 64 so that end users always and easily find the location of the wireless power station and, more specifically, the primary inductor assembly 57C, even if hidden in or behind the panels 51.

[106] Furthermore, if switched off, it can signal for example that the wireless power station 57 is without power.

[107] The LED or other light source 62 can emit a fixed or variously intermittent light, moreover it can emit a light of a single color, for example white, or of several colors, for example red, green and blue, if the LED or another light source 62 is of the RGB type, so as to transmit more information to the observer.

[108] Such information can communicate, for example, not only if the power supply 57 is on, off or faulty, but distinguish between the fault condition and the lack of power supply upstream, or signal whether the WiFi emitter or other transmitter of data over the air, possibly incorporated in the electronic board 57B or more generally in the panel, is on, off, inactive or in the transmission phase.

[109] Arranging the outermost end of the screen 64 flush with the external surface of the front major face 5100 is particularly advantageous because the visibility of the light source 62 is thus maximum and at the same time, not protruding from the surface of the panel 51, allows to the devices, which will magnetically fix you, to adhere with the maximum possible surface to the ferromagnetic layer 54.

[110] More particularly, the panels 51 described above can be advantageously used to realize, for example, the lighting system object of the international patent application WO2018 / 025230A1 and comprising at least one lighting device advantageously equipped with means necessary for its autonomous or manual movement on a support surface.

[111] Figures 10, 11 show a first example of fixing support 200 through which an electrical load device 10A, such as for example a television, radio set, recorder, video recorder, stereo player, projector, cellular and non-cellular telephone , smartphone, computer, thermostat, intercom, clock, barometer, hygrometer, CCTV screen, microphone, switch, sensor for alarm and non-alarm systems, siren, wi-fi repeater, buzzer or other alarms, doorbell, cash register acoustics, spotlights, lamps or other lighting bodies to illuminate a room or other environments, warning lights or other light signals, transceivers, other appliances or other electrical and / or electronic devices, can be magnetically fixed to walls or ceilings covered with panels 51, 51 ', even though these electrical load devices 10A are devoid of their own permanent magnets 201.

[112] The aforementioned lighting bodies to illuminate a room or other environments emit an overall luminous flux preferably equal to or greater than 30 lumens, more preferably equal to or greater than 40 lumens and possibly equal to or greater than 60 lumen, 100 lumen, 200 lumen, 400 lumens, 800 lumens and possibly even equal to or greater than 1500, 2300, 3000 lumens. [112] More generally, the ferromagnetic property of the panel can be exploited to easily fix and remove decorative and light diffusion elements (colored diffusers, etc.), as well as to fix other decorative and non-decorative elements such as paintings, towel racks, key racks, shelves, carries objects of various kinds.

[113] For this purpose the fixing support, indicated with the overall reference 200, is provided with:

-one or more magnets 201 arranged, for example, near or at the corners of the support 200 if this has, for example, an overall polygonal shape;

- a fastening system 203 designed to fasten the household appliance or other electric loading device 10A to the support 200;

-a power supply unit 205 which advantageously is a wireless power supply of the type, for example, inductive or capacitive.

[114] As in the embodiment of Figure 10, 11, the fastening system 203 can comprise one or more threaded holes in which to screw screws that fasten the household appliance or other electrical load device 10A.

[115] Alternatively, the fixing system 203 may comprise threaded pins, snap hooks or other mechanical locking systems.

[116] The power supply unit 205 is advantageously provided with:

a spiral winding or coils 2050 forming one of the aforementioned secondary inductor assemblies 57E,

- an electronic control circuit 2051 arranged, for example, to implement the QI protocol or other protocols for wireless power transfer and transfer the voltage / current suitable for the electrical load device.

[117] The power supply unit 205, or more generally the winding 2050, can also be provided with a layer of ferrite 57D to shield the electromagnetic emissions emitted by the same windings of the primary 57C and secondary 57E inductor assemblies.

[118] The power supply unit 205 can power, via a mechanical socket or mechanical power plug 2052, various electrical or electronic devices or other electrical load devices 10A.

[119] The power supply unit 205 is in turn powered by the primary inductor assembly 57C and thus constitutes a possible example of embodiment of the aforementioned secondary inductor assembly 57E. [119] The fixing support 200 can be fixed to a panel 51 simply by bringing it close to it so that the attraction between the magnets 201 and the ferromagnetic layer 54, 54 'of the panel makes them adhere to each other, locking them in one position fixed reciprocal.

[120] The fixing support 200 makes it possible to reversibly fix electrical, electronic and other devices to vertical walls or ceilings by means of the fixing systems 203, choosing and changing their position with extreme freedom.

[121] Preferably the magnets 201 and / or the wireless power supply can be arranged inside the possible enclosure or shell of the electric load device 10A or be permanently fixed to said enclosure or shell.

[122] The fixing support 200 is in fact not necessary, for example, if the household appliances or other electrical load devices 10A to be fixed to the panels 51, 51 'are already equipped with their own magnets 201 and possibly with their own wireless power supply unit , for example of the inductive type, arranged to be powered by the wireless power supply 57 of one of the panels 51, 51 '.

[123] As shown in Figure 1, the electric load device 10A can preferably be a smartphone and, even more preferably, an Iphone 8 currently marketed by the company Apple (California) and already equipped with a secondary inductor assembly 57E able to cooperate with the panel 51, 51 'and more specifically with a wireless power station 57.

[124] Figure 12 shows an example of an electrical load 10A powered by a panel 51, 51 'previously described, specifically a lamp or spotlight.

[125] The lamp 200 'can comprise a main body 206, to which the permanent magnets 201 are fixed, and a fixing frame 208, fixed to the main body 206 so as to form a compartment in which it can be inserted, to be powered , the light source 210, in this specific case an OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diodes) panel.

[126] Advantageously, the lamp 200 'comprises a wireless power supply unit 205, as described above, which in turn comprises the spiral winding or coils 2050 and the electronic control circuit 2051.

[127] A particularly advantageous use of the panels 51, 51 ', previously described, is to use them to cover pre-existing walls or ceilings, for example in masonry, or to create new walls and ceilings in a building, arranging in various points of a room, such as for example a living room, an office or other environment, a discrete number of panels 51, 51 'each provided with at least one wireless power supply 57.

[128] In this way, the finished room, covered with panels, can have a bare and essential appearance, with no visible sockets, wires or cable ducts. However, the room is equipped with a multiplicity of recharging points, hidden for example behind the panels 51, 51 ', which cover the walls, and which allow a user to install electrical and electronic appliances and devices in the room, generally of the more varied, in the most varied positions with extreme freedom.

[129] A room covered in this way and equipped with multiple hidden recharging points is able to adapt with extreme flexibility to the changing needs of the inhabitants, or other users, over time, very often without any need to change the wiring of the room, let alone run other work by specialized personnel.

[130] Think, for example, of the different electrical or electronic devices to be installed or moved in a room of a growing child, or if the living room is used as an office and vice versa, or to the installation of a new device such as a security camera, an additional sensor of an anti-theft system, a new gadget.

[131] Consider also the advantage given by the installation of a 51, 51 'panel near a shower or bathtub. It would be the only safe solution, avoiding the risk of electrocution given by a standard socket, combining 200, 200 ’users or more generally a 10A load device with IP 66 or higher characteristics in complete safety.

[132] A living space, equipped with a multiplicity of hidden wireless power supplies, meets the current market trend in offering more and more electrical and electronic devices connected to the Internet, or other global, local or regional digital network, and set up for communicating wirelessly, for example via WiFi, Bluetooth or Zigbee technology, is therefore designed to accommodate a large number of such devices with extreme freedom.

[133] The examples of embodiments described above are susceptible to various modifications and variations, without departing from the scope of protection of the present invention.

[134] For example, the wireless power station 57 can also be of the capacitive type and not only inductive.

[135] The ferromagnetic layer 54, 54 'can be, not only a simple ferrous alloy or a suitable steel, but also a permanently magnetized material; in this case the magnets 201 of the fixing support 200 or of the electric load device 10A can be replaced by simple blocks, plates or other inserts of non-permanently magnetized ferromagnetic material.

[136] Advantageously the LED or other light source 62 can be fixed, not only in the center of the primary inductor assembly 57C, but also in other more peripheral areas thereof, or again not on the winding, but close to it, so as to however, allowing a user to easily and without error find the position of the primary inductor assembly 57C, even though this is hidden in the panel 51 and invisible from the outside. The panels 51, 51 'can have an overall shape, not only substantially flat, but also that of shells with single and double curvature, such as for example portions of cylindrical surfaces or caps.

[137] Any reference in this description to "an embodiment", "an embodiment example" means that a particular feature or structure described in connection with that embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the invention and in particularly in a particular variant of the invention as defined in a main claim.

[138] The fact that such expressions appear in various passages of the description does not imply that they necessarily refer only to the same embodiment.

[139] Furthermore, when a feature, element or structure is described in relation to a particular embodiment, it is observed that it is within the competence of the average person to apply that feature, element or structure to other embodiments.

[140] Numerical references that differ only for different quotes, eg 21 ', 21 ", 21 unless otherwise specified indicate different variants of an element called in the same way.

[141] Furthermore, all the details can be replaced by technically equivalent elements.

[142] For example, the materials used, as well as the dimensions, may be any according to the technical requirements.

[143] It must be understood that an expression of the type "A includes B, C, D" or "A is formed by B, C, D" also includes and describes the particular case in which "A consists of B, C , D ".

[144] The expression "A includes a B element" unless otherwise specified is to be understood as "A includes one or more B elements".

[145] The examples and lists of possible variants of this application are intended as non-exhaustive lists.

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CLAIMS 1) Cladding panel (51, 51 ') for buildings, the outer surface of which forms a front major face (5100) and a rear major face (5102), and this panel (51, 51') comprises: -a ferromagnetic layer (54, 54 ') containing ferromagnetic material; -one or more structural layers (52, 53, 56) made of one or more substantially non-ferromagnetic materials; -a signaling light (60) visible, at least when it is switched on, by observing from the outside the major front face (5100) of the covering panel (51, 51 '); - one or more wireless power stations (57), each of which is designed to supply electrical power to one or more electrical or electronic devices, in which the signaling light (60) is arranged at or near one of the stations wireless power supply (57), for example at or near its possible inductor (57C) or capacitive armature, so as to allow a user to easily find the position of the power supply station (57), although this is hidden in or behind the trim panel (51, 51 '). 2) Cladding panel (51, 51 '), according to claim 1, wherein the warning light (60) is arranged inside or behind at least one of the structural layers (52, 53, 56) and / or at the ferromagnetic layer (54, 54 '). 3) Cladding panel (51, 51 '), according to claims 1, 2, comprising a substantially transparent or translucent protective screen (64) which covers the light source (62) and allows the light emitted from the outside to be seen or glimpsed of the panel (51, 51 ') itself. 4) Panel according to claim 3, wherein the protective screen (64) extends, at least in part, through at least one of the one or more structural layers (52, 53, 56) and / or through the ferromagnetic layer (54, 54 '). 5) Panel, according to claim 4, wherein the protective screen (64) comprises a pin or other insert that is force-driven or screwed into at least one of the one or more structural layers (52, 53, 56) and / or through the layer ferromagnetic (54, 54 '). 6) Panel, according to claim 4 or 5, in which the protective screen (64) engages with the ferromagnetic layer (54, 54 ') and / or with at least one of the one or more structural layers (52, 53, 56) by inserting, at least partially, into an opening (66) obtained in at least one of the one or more structural layers (52, 53, 56) and / or in the ferromagnetic layer (54, 54 '). 7) Panel according to claim 4, comprising an insert in which a nut screw (68) is made into which the pin which forms the protective screen (64) is screwed. 8) Cladding panel (51, 51 '), according to one or more previous claims, in which at least one of the one or more structural layers (52, 53, 56) is made of a gypsum and / or cardboard-based material. 9) Cladding panel (51, 51 '), according to one or more preceding claims, in which at least one of the one or more structural layers (52, 53, 56) is made of a wood-based material, or other derivatives of the wood or cellulose, for example solid wood, plywood or chipboard, and / or is made of ceramic, glass, terracotta, plastics such as for example layers of sound-absorbing foam, porous sound-absorbing materials not of plastics such as for example wool panels glass or rock wool. 10) Cladding panel (51, 51 '), according to one or more preceding claims, wherein at least one of said wireless power stations (57) comprises one or more primary inductor assemblies (57C) each of which comprises a pre-arranged winding to wirelessly transmit electrical energy to an electrical or electronic device to be powered primarily by electromagnetic induction. 11) Fastening system for electrical or electronic equipment (10A) comprising: C.10.1) one or more cladding panels (51, 51 ') having the characteristics according to one or more claims 1-10; C.10.2) an electric or electronic device (10A), or other device, in turn equipped with one or more magnets (201) and / or ferromagnetic inserts designed to be fixed, by magnetic attraction, to one or more of the cladding panels (51, 51 '), even when these are arranged substantially vertical and / or hung under a ceiling. 12) Fixing system, according to claim 11, comprising a fixing support arranged to be fixed to the electric or electronic device and in turn comprising one or more magnets (201) and / or ferromagnetic inserts arranged to be fixed, by means of magnetic attraction, to one or more of the cladding panels (51, 51 '), even when these are arranged substantially vertical and / or hung under a ceiling. 13) Electric or electronic device (10A) comprising one or more magnets (201) and / or ferromagnetic inserts arranged to be fixed, by means of magnetic attraction, to one or more of the covering panels (51, 51 ') according to one or more claims 1 -10 and / or to one or more of the cladding panels (51, 51 ') of a system having the characteristics according to claim 11 or 12, even when these cladding panels (51, 51') are arranged substantially vertical and / or hung under a ceiling. 14) Electric or electronic device (10A) according to claim 13, comprising a secondary inductor assembly (57E) which is arranged for: -Receiving the electrical energy transmitted by a primary inductor assembly (57C) of a wireless power station (57) of a cladding panel having the features according to one or more claims 1 to 10 or of another power supply system without wires; And - power up the rest of the electrical or electronic device (10A). 15) Electric or electronic device (10A), according to claim 13 or 14, comprising one or more of the following entities: chandelier, spotlight or lamp to illuminate a room or other environments, television set, radio set, recorder, video recorder, stereo player, projector, mobile and non-mobile phone, smartphone, computer, thermostat, intercom, clock, barometer, hygrometer, CCTV screen, screen for reproducing images, microphone, switch, sensor, e.g. gas, sound box, video camera, camera, video camera, perfume dispensers, aromas, medicines, insecticides, insect repellents in rooms, fan, vacuum cleaner, siren, buzzer or other alarms, wi-fi repeater, remote control. 16) Procedure for fixing electrical or electronic equipment (10A), including the following operations: S.14.1) providing a wall or ceiling formed or clad with one or more cladding panels (51, 51 ') having the features according to one or more claims 1-10; S.14.2) fixing an electric or electronic device (10A), having the characteristics according to one or more claims from 13 to 15 and possibly 11, to one of said covering panels (51, 51 ') by means of magnetic attraction between the magnets ( 201) and the ferromagnetic layer (54, 54 ') of the panel (51, 51'). 17) Process for fixing and supplying electrical or electronic equipment (10A) according to claim 16, wherein the one or more covering panels (51, 51 ') has the characteristics according to claim 1-10, the electrical or electronic device (10A) is provided with its own secondary inductor (57E), and comprising the operation that said secondary inductor (57E) receives electrical energy from the primary inductor assembly (57C) of one or more cladding panels (51, 51 ' ) via a wireless power transmission system.